s he not a Buffalo Bull, a
Leader of Herds? Did his kind ever do aught for revenge--kill
except in defense of their own lives? And was not this Dog-Wolf
lying helpless between his horns beyond all chance of doing him
injury--this Mongrel that had been as a Brother to him when they
were Outcasts? Also the Wolves were dead--trampled into silence.

"Thou art a traitor, and a great liar, A'tim," said the Bull,
rising, "but you may go because you are an Outcast, and because I
also was one."

And that was the beginning of the Herd of the Wood Buffalo, that
are big and strong and beautiful, in the spruce forests of the
Athabasca Lake.

[Illustration: END]

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

The punctuation was standardized in the caption "One after another they
hurtled into the slaughter-pen of the Blood Indians' corral."

The word "everyting" has been retained on page 82.

The punctuation and paragraphing were standardized on page 129.

The "oe" ligature in the word manoeuver is represented as [oe].

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